Combined cane and stool.



No. 859,500.' PATENTBD JULY 9, 19o?.

J. T. KBRR.

COMBINED GANE AND STOOL.

APPLIcATIoN FILED MAB. 2e. 1905.

PATBNTED JULY 9, 1907.

J.v T. KERR. COMBINED GANE AND S'IOOL.` APPLICATION IILBDIIAII.-28.1905.

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lTOHN T. KERR, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CANE AND STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented uly 9, 1907.

Application filed March 28,1905. Serial No. 252,535.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN T. Kulm, a citizen of the VUnited States, ofAurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have inventedcertainAnew and useful Improvements in a Combined Cane and Stool; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to a novel article in the nature of a combinedcane and stool, the same embracing four members or sections, each havingthe form of a half-tube, said sections being adapted to constitute thestandards or legs of the stool and to be secured together to form acane, and being provided with supporting and brace rods which connectsaid sections to forni the stool and which are contained within saidsections when the latter are placed together to form a cane.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and pointedout in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention,-Figure l is aperspective View of the stool made in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is a sectional view showing two of the halftube sections whenconstructed to form two of the standards of the stool.. Fig. 3 is a planof the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of the parts whenassembled to form a cane. Fig. 5 is an enlarged, detail, longitudinalsection through the parts when assembled to form a cane, as shown inFig. 4. Fig. G is a face view of one of the half-tube sections, with acap applied to one end thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail section through thecaps which join the two tube sections forming the cane, taken on line7-7 of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a plan section taken upon line 8 8 of Fig. 7.Fig. 9 is a plan view of the slotted cap shown in Fig. 7. Fig. l0 is anexterior end view of the cap with the locking lug shown in Fig. 7. Fig.ll. is a cross-section of a half-tube section, taken upon line ll-ll ofFig. 6. Fig. l2 is a cross-section of a half-tube section, taken uponline 12-12 of Fig. G.

In said drawings, A A indicate four half-tube sections, all of which arealike and which are adapted to be placed in pairs to form two tubesections, such as are indicated as a whole by A1 A1 in Fig. 4. Said tubesections A1 A1 are adapted to be joined end to end to form a cane, asshown in said Fig. 4, and exteriorly screw-threaded at both ends.

B, B, B1, B2 indicate four caps which are interiorly screw-threaded toengage the ends of the tube sections A1 A1. The caps B B are plain capsdesigned merely to cover or close the ends of the tube sections A1 A1.and to join the half-tube sections with each other when screwed upon theends of the joined half tube sections. The caps B1 B2 serve the samepurpose as the caps B B and are adapted for interlocking connection witheach other. Said caps B1 B2 are applied to the ends of the tube sectionsA1 A2, Fig. 4, which meet each other to form the cane. Interlockingconnections between said caps B1 B2 are formed by means of a slot b inthe cap B1 and a T-headed lug b1 on the cap B2. -Said T-headed lug b1 isadapted to be inserted. through the slot b and to be turned cross-wiseof the slot by relative rotation of the two caps so as to lock the sametogether. Preferably the inner face of the cap B1, against which theends of the '1T-headed lug bears, is provided with beveled surfaces b2b2 so that the arms of the T-head will be tightened against the end wallof the said cap B1 when the parts are connected.

Each half-tube section A is provided with a seat supporting rod C andtwo brace rods D D each of which is flexibly connected at one end to thehalf-tube section at the inner face and near one end of the same. Thesupporting rods C C are connected with the half-tube sections near theends of the same which are uppermost when the stool is in use, so thatthe sections extend only a short distance above the said rods when theyare placed in a horizontal position. The flexible connections are shownas consisting of eyes on the rods engaging loops on the sections. Asshown in the drawing, the seat supporting rod C is provided with an eyec engaging a loop a, the ends of which are secured in the walls of thehalf-tube A. At its free end the sup porting rod C is provided with ahooked end c1 adapted to engage the corresponding loop a on anotherhalftube. The brace rods D likewise have each at one end an eye dengaging a loop a1 secured in the wall of the half tube and projectinginside of the same. At its free end each brace rod D is provided with ahook d1 adapted to engage loops a2 on another oi the half-tube sections,each half-tube section having two loops a2 a2 near its end which isdownward when the stool is in use.

When the parts are set up to form a stool7 they are arranged as shown inFigs. l, 2 and 3, the supporting rods C being extended horizontallybetween adjacent half-tube sections at one side of the stool and hookedinto the loop a of the next adjacent half-tube section, while the bracerods D D cross each other and are hooked into the loops a2 a2 near thelower ends of adjacent half-tube sections. The connecting rods C and thebraces D D, connecting with each other the our halftube sections whichform the legs'or uprights for the stool in the manner described, serveto strongly and rigidly hold in parallel relation the said half-tubesections.

A supporting surface or seat for the stool is formed by a piece offlexible material, such as cloth or netting, connected at its marginswith the four horizontal supporting rods C C. As shown in the drawings,a. piece of netting E is used, the crossed strands of which are providedat their ends with rings or hooks engagingthe said rods C C.

In the operation of taking apart the stool and assembling the parts toconstitute a cane, the flexible seat E is removed or disconnected fromthe supporting bars C, the several supporting bars and brace bars C andD D are` disconnected from the half-tube sections at their free ends,and said bars are swung into the half-tube-sections to which theybelong. The halitube sections are then placed together in pairs, asseenI in Fig. 5, and the caps B, B, B1, B2 then applied to the ends ofthe two pairs of half-tube sections, so as to join them and form twotube sections, as indicated at A1 Al in Fig. 4, The two tube sectionsare then joined end to end by interlocking the caps B1 'B2 with eachother in the manner heretofore described. The article then may be usedas a cane. The flexible seat I portion E may be rolled or folded into asmall compass and carried in the pocket. When the parts are set up toform a stool, the said caps B, B, B1, B2, are preierably applied to thelower ends of the half-tube sections A A, as seen in Figs. l, 2 and 6,and thereby orm bases for the stool legs adapted to rest upon the groundand to protect from injury the screw-threads on the sections.

I claim as my invention:-

1. A combined cane and stool comprising four half-tube sections, meansfor connecting said sections with each other in position to forni thelegs of a stool, and caps adapted to be applied to the ends of the pairsof half-tube sections to hold the same together, two of said caps beingprovided with interlocking means by which the pairs of half-tubesections may be joined end to end.

2. A combined cane and stool comprising four half-tube sections, foldingseat supporting rods extending between and connecting the sections, anda seat portion of exble connected at its margins with said brace rodsflexibly connected therewith at its inner surt face near one of its endsand having their other ends free and provided with releasable fasteningdevices, said sections having also near its other end interior loops toengage the fastening devices at the free ends of said brace rods.

5. A combined cane and stool comprising four halt-tube sections, eachhaving near one ot' its ends three interior loops and near its oppositeend two interior loops, land each half-tube section being provided witha supporting rod provided with an eye engaging one of said three loops,and a hook at its free end, and also with two brace rods each having aneye engaging the other two loops and hooks at their free ends.

G; A combined cane and stool comprising four half-tube sections, andscrew-threaded caps adapted to engage the half-tube sections when placedtogether in pairs, one of said caps being provided with a transverseslot, and another of said caps with a T-headed lug adapted to enter saidslot to afford interlocking engagement of the caps with each other. f 7.A combined cane and stool comprising four half-tube sections, supportingand brace rods each of which is Ilexibly connected with one of thesections and is adapted for interlocking connection with anothersection, said supportingl and brace rods being adapted to be foldedwithin the sections and screw-threaded caps adapted to be applied to theends of the sections when placed together in pairs, one of said capsbeing provided with a slot and another with a T-headed lug adapted toenter said slot.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of March A. D.1905.

.TOIIN T. HERR.

Witnesses ARCHIE E. Krenn, C. CLARENCE IJooLn.

